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Title of Thesis |
| Author(s) Muhammad Farooq |
| Institute/University/Department Details Department of Agronomy/ University of Agriculture |
| Session 2005 |
| Subject Agronomy |
| Number of Pages 286 |
| Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and abstract of thesis) pre-sowing seed treatments, transplanted rice, direct seeded rice, seed vigor, seed moisture, seed priming |
Abstract |
| Download Full Thesis |  2613.22 KB |
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| 1 | 0 | Contents | 218.84 KB |
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| 2 | I | Introduction | 1 | 218.84 KB |
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| 3 | 2 | Review of literature | 6 | 509.16 KB |
| 2.1 | Seed vigor enhancement | 6 | ||
| 2.2 | Physiological and biochemical aspect of seed vigor enhancement | 39 | ||
| 2.3 | Seed vigor enhancement in rice | 44 | ||
| 2.4 | Future thrusts | 50 | ||
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| 4 | 3 | Materials and methods | 51 | 278.42 KB |
| 3.1 | Experimental site | 51 | ||
| 3.2 | Experimental material | 51 | ||
| 3.3 | Seed moisture contents | 51 | ||
| 3.4 | Study-1 Optimization of pre-sowing seed treatments for vigor enhancement | 52 | ||
| 3.5 | Study-2: Physiological evaluation of pre-sowing seed treatment in rice | 60 | ||
| 3.6 | Study-3 Rice nursery improvement by seed priming techniques | 62 | ||
| 3.7 | Study-4: Performance of improved nursery seedlings in transplanted coarse and find rice | 64 | ||
| 3.8 | Sutdy-5: Enhancing the performance of direct seeded rice by seed priming | 66 | ||
| 3.9 | Study-6 Biochemical evaluation of seed vigor enhancement techniques in coarse and fine rice | 72 | ||
| 3.10 | Weather data | 78 | ||
| 3.11 | Statistical analysis | 80 | ||
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| 5 | 4 | Results and discussion | 81 | 1599.29 KB |
| 4.1 | Study-1Optimization of pre-sowing seed treatment for vigor enhancement | 81 | ||
| 4.2 | Study-2 Physiological evaluation of seed priming treatment in rice | 145 | ||
| 4.3 | Study-3 Rice nursery improvement by seed priming | 185 | ||
| 4.4 | Study-4 Performance of improved nursery seedlings in transplanted coarse and fine rice | 172 | ||
| 4.5 | Study-5 Enhancing the performance of direct seeded rice by seed priming | 205 | ||
| 4.6 | Study-6 Biochemical evaluation of seed vigor enhancement techniques in coarse and fine rice | 246 | ||
| 4.7 | Generaldiscussion | 252 | ||
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| 6 | 5 | Summary | 257 | 66.32 KB |
| 5.1 | Recommendations | 263 | ||
| 5.2 | Future thrusts | 263 | ||
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| 7 | 6 | Literature cited | 264 | 234.89 KB |
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